Phil Hires a Digger

This week Phil has been doing some of the work himself. As we have time on our hands prior to the frame arriving he decided to save money and fill the foundations himself. Well to me it looks a bit of a mess but he assures me, although he has found it difficult, he is getting there. The gravel he bought cheap is ideal for filling in but has a lot of huge rocks in it which have to be removed nearer the top.




We have had a bit of a set back this week. Because of the delay in planning permission the carpenters have started another job and will not be available until the middle of August!!! We think we have got some one else - Dave - and he should be able to start at the end of May beginning of June dependent on his price. Luckily he will be between jobs and has a window of three weeks. It was a bit of a worry for 24 hours but we are now hopeful things will go ahead as planned.